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All teams need luck with injuries but Derby County's luck has run short in recent weeks and over the season, so far.

Experienced players, and important figures in Curtis Davies and Tom Huddlestone have been absentees for lengthy spells while new signing George Evans has been troubled by injury for virtually all of his three months at the club following a move from Reading.

Mason Mount, Craig Bryson, Martyn Waghorn and Joe Ledley have been in the treatment room in recent weeks and Mason Bennett and Craig Forsyth joined the injured list after the last game, a 3-0 home defeat by Aston Villa.

Bennett limped off with a "significant" hamstring injury and is set for a lengthy spell out and Forsyth suffered cruciate ligament damage in his left knee and is likely to miss the rest of the season.

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An indication of how injuries can soon bite deep into a squad is clear when you realise that eight of the 24 outfield players used by Derby this season are currently unavailable.

Seven are sidelined with injury and one, Max Lowe, is on loan at Scottish club Aberdeen until January.

A distraught George Evans hobbles off for Derby County against Ipswich (Image: Andy Clarke)

Of the 24, 18-year-old midfielder Max Bird has made only two appearances as a substitute - both in the Carabao Cup - and he has yet to make his league debut for the Rams.

Defender Alex Pearce's only appearances this season came as a substitute in the opening fixture at Reading on August 3 while another five players - Andre Wisdom, Duane Holmes, Davies, Ledley and Evans have all made four starts or less.